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A private degree-granting school in Calgary is closing its doors after more than three decades of teaching the basics of engineering, computing and business administration. But approximately 180 current students of DeVry Institute of Technology will still qualify for student aid and be able to complete their education online.

At age 17, Tuan Le was killed with a semi-automatic firearm while sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked outside a rave in Vancouver. The young gangster’s death sparked retaliation — a member of a rival gang was later shot but not killed in Burnaby — as a violent turf war among Vietnamese thugs escalated. Le had earlier lived in Calgary’s Applewood Park, where he received mentorship and guidance from Hieu Ngo, a social worker who met the young man when he ran a program helping youth who were at risk of becoming criminals.

Fashion, philanthropy, inspiration and funny seamlessly blended together March 6 at Hotel Arts at Love Her — a fundraiser and friend-raiser in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada. There is nothing funny about ovarian cancer, however, as late detection results in five-year survival rates of less than 30 per cent. Further, there is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer and every year 1,750 Canadian women die from the disease.

Last year’s Esther Honens Laureate Pavel Kolesnikov arrived in Banff Saturday night for a much in-demand performance. People attempting to get in to hear this all-Beethoven concert found it had been sold right out for the past two weeks. With tickets in high demand at Rolston Hall, the mood was stoked to hear a young Kolesnikov play Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside the Banff Festival Orchestra who were slated to perform both of the great composer’s two smallest symphonies, No. 1 in C major, and in the second half, No. 8 in F.

The renowned British tenor Adrian Thompson came to Banff to sing the only work on Wednesday night’s program at Rolston Hall, the Five Canticles of Benjamin Britten, and I would like to think not one of us left disappointed.

I land in Palm Springs, and even with a quick stop for the date milkshake friends told me I had to try “right off the plane” I’m lying by my hotel pool within an hour. The desert scene around me is beyond postcard: San Jacinto mountain range, blue skies and palm fronds fanning me. Fly Me to the Moon plays on the sound system.

Fewer than half of Alberta’s medical authority staff reported getting their influenza shot last year, but Health Minister Fred Horne says he’s not considering mandatory immunization for workers at hospitals, long-term-care centres and other workplaces on the front lines of the flu season battle. Alberta Health Services data shows 43.9 per cent of its staff, contractors and volunteers reported getting immunized last flu season. The year before, 43.7 per cent of workers and volunteers got the shot.

There was a very specific reason the Calgary Stampeders decided to play young Eric Rogers in their final regular season game against the B.C. Lions. “The coaches said they wanted to get me in in Vancouver and play, just in case we got back to Vancouver and I was familiar with everything,” the 23-year-old receiver explained.

When people talk about principle, sometimes it really isn’t about the money. The proposed and disputed sale of a small chunk of south Calgary’s parkland on the ridge at the top of Hillcrest Avenue is precisely about principle: All other arguments are specious.

The 19th annual Willow Park Wines & Spirits (WPWS) Charity Wine Auction, held Nov. 3 at WPWS, was surely one of the best events of the fall social season. The Venice-themed event was sold out weeks prior. More than 450 elegantly attired guests donned their Venetian finest to sip and bid on some of the finest libations there are. Superb samplings from the city’s top restaurants, dancing to the Real Deal Band and over-the-top live auction items ensured all had a memorable time. The event raised $230,000 for Alberta Guide Dog Association, The Poppy Fund & Veterans Food Bank, Haskayne School of Business and Prostate Cancer Centre.

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